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i asked general sampson about that yesterday. he said he has absolutely no idea what wildstein is referring to. the only communication that he had at that time was his concern that he expressed to fellow commissioners about internal port authority documents being leaked. and that's just not appropriate for folks to be leaking internal documents. but he has no recollection from what he told me yesterday of any conversation like that with wildstein or baroni at all that references the gist of what you said in the email. >> no payback operation going on -- >> certainly not that i'm aware of or not out of the normal. let's remember something, too. this is a bistate agency with significant tension. all the time. now, there's no tension between governor cuomo and i. we get along quite well. when issues rise to our level we have always been able to resolve them. but there is tension. always has been between new york and new jersey on the allocation of resources at the port authority. so let me be clear, there's some battles over there t
i asked general sampson about that yesterday. he said he has absolutely no idea what wildstein is referring to. the only communication that he had at that time was his concern that he expressed to fellow commissioners about internal port authority documents being leaked. and that's just not appropriate for folks to be leaking internal documents. but he has no recollection from what he told me yesterday of any conversation like that with wildstein or baroni at all that references the gist of...
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represented by the law firm of one of chris christie's closest political allies and confidants david sampson, the chairman of the port authority. she also told us that in a separate encounter a second top administration official community affairs commissioner richard constable strongly implied the same thing. in the diary that she shared with us zimmer asks why the governor would be so interested in that development project. why would it matter so much to him? the statement from christie's office yesterday did not address the development project at all. nor did it defend lieutenant governor guagdano and commissioner constable against zimmer's accusations. the story we reported raises questions that we are still pursuing and that others are now pursuing as well. did lieutenant governor guagdano and commissioner constable explicitly link hoboken sandy funding levels to her moving forward on that development project, to the mayor moving forward on that development project? and if they did, were they following an order from the governor himself? and if that's the case, then why would christie ha
represented by the law firm of one of chris christie's closest political allies and confidants david sampson, the chairman of the port authority. she also told us that in a separate encounter a second top administration official community affairs commissioner richard constable strongly implied the same thing. in the diary that she shared with us zimmer asks why the governor would be so interested in that development project. why would it matter so much to him? the statement from christie's...
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i am going to be subpoenaing documents from the port authority chairman, david sampson, from a commissioner on the port authority, william pat schubert, and from the governor's new chief of staff. when we see those documents, then we can make our next decisions. >> what do you hope to find with this request, these documents that i have just listed out to us? how many are we talking about? el these thousands? hundreds? >> well, i don't know until they respond to the subpoena. i don't know how many documents are there. but i wrote a her way back in september just -- less than a week after this happened. i wrote the her to commissioner shuber, because his's a former burton county executive. i have a relationship with him, even though he represents another party from my own, but i knew he was a former bergen county, and he knows what this meant to our citizens. that her i wrote, i cc'd davidson and the governor. that's back in september i think i want to know with the port authority commission meetings i went to at least three full commission meetings, one subcommittee, raising these questions,
i am going to be subpoenaing documents from the port authority chairman, david sampson, from a commissioner on the port authority, william pat schubert, and from the governor's new chief of staff. when we see those documents, then we can make our next decisions. >> what do you hope to find with this request, these documents that i have just listed out to us? how many are we talking about? el these thousands? hundreds? >> well, i don't know until they respond to the subpoena. i don't...
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i sat and met for two hours with general sampson, and again i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this based upon our conversations, and his review of his information. so i think, as he said yesterday, he's angered by this and upset about it. i know he's going to cooped with the oig koorps that's ongoing and lead a discussion at the port authority about what could be done at the future to stop such conduct. charlie? >> reporter: you mentioned earlier that the question you were asking is what did i -- what did i do wrong to have these folks lie? are you also asking what did i say or conduct myself or behave in a way that would let these folks think it was okay to do something like this? the suspicion has been that you fostered through your administration or through the campaign that allowed people to think it was okay to intimidate or retaliate against people? >> no, i haven't, because i know who i am. i'm not that person. listen, it's easy for people to be characterized in public life based on their personality. i have a very direct, blunt personality. i understand why some people
i sat and met for two hours with general sampson, and again i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this based upon our conversations, and his review of his information. so i think, as he said yesterday, he's angered by this and upset about it. i know he's going to cooped with the oig koorps that's ongoing and lead a discussion at the port authority about what could be done at the future to stop such conduct. charlie? >> reporter: you mentioned earlier that the question you were asking...
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david sampson another christie appointee to the authority. after being forwarded an e-mail, one of his deputy chiefs of staff, it will be a tough november. it's fine. the mayor's an idiot. fort lee's mayor is croatian not serbian. when chris christie was asked about the lane closures in december, he scoffed at the allegations. >> i worked the cones, actually, mack. unbeknownst to everybody, i was the guy out there, i was in overalls and a hat, but i actually was the guy working the cones out there, you really are not serious with that question? >> but then he went on to express his displeasure, not about the lanes being closed but that fort lee has three lanes. >> i didn't know fort lee got three dedicated lanes until all this stuff happened. i sat in that traffic before i was governor, the fact that one town has three lanes dedicated to it? that kind of gets me sauced. >> on december 13th, bill beroni resigns. that day christie said, he's merely bothered by the resignations. >> i'm bothered, probably would be the better words. i was bothered
david sampson another christie appointee to the authority. after being forwarded an e-mail, one of his deputy chiefs of staff, it will be a tough november. it's fine. the mayor's an idiot. fort lee's mayor is croatian not serbian. when chris christie was asked about the lane closures in december, he scoffed at the allegations. >> i worked the cones, actually, mack. unbeknownst to everybody, i was the guy out there, i was in overalls and a hat, but i actually was the guy working the cones...
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sampson as in david sampson, christie's top port authority appointee and adviser and whose name pops up many times in the ft. lee traffic scandal e-mails. in less than one week after zimmer wrote asking for money and the city voted against the rockefeller development deal, zimmer met with lieutenant governor kim gaundano at an event. >> zimmer has told us that gaundano pulled her aside during that visit and delivered a message to her. if you want that sandy money, you need to get that rockefeller project moving, because it's very important to the governor >> zimmer says she documented the incident in her journal, writing that gaundano said to her, i don't know all the details, but i was with the governor friday night and all i know is that the impression is that you are against this project and you have to move it forward. >> the fact is that the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, she pulled me aside in the parking lot, and she said, i know it's not right, i know this thing should not be connected, but they are, and if you tell anyone, i'll deny it. >> and the lieutenant governor w
sampson as in david sampson, christie's top port authority appointee and adviser and whose name pops up many times in the ft. lee traffic scandal e-mails. in less than one week after zimmer wrote asking for money and the city voted against the rockefeller development deal, zimmer met with lieutenant governor kim gaundano at an event. >> zimmer has told us that gaundano pulled her aside during that visit and delivered a message to her. if you want that sandy money, you need to get that...
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the month after sampson joined the port, the port made an announcement. they were going to go along with christie's idea. the port was going to cooperate with the state on what they called access infrastructure enhancements. they didn't commit to a number but the number kicked around at the time was $1.8 billion. now it's less than the $3 billion they were going to contribute to the a.r.c. tunnel but more than enough to let christie fund the projects he wanted to fund through 2016, the year they expected him to go off and run for president. christie's people bragged about how they were changing the way the state funded its transportation projects. the christie transportation capital plan reverses this irresponsible practice of borrowing over each of the next five years. the christie plan will increase while at the same time decreasing the use of borrow in. that's what they were saying. it was highly unusual, though, for the port authority to spend money on projects so far afield. projects that didn't in some way benefit both new jersey and new york in tra
the month after sampson joined the port, the port made an announcement. they were going to go along with christie's idea. the port was going to cooperate with the state on what they called access infrastructure enhancements. they didn't commit to a number but the number kicked around at the time was $1.8 billion. now it's less than the $3 billion they were going to contribute to the a.r.c. tunnel but more than enough to let christie fund the projects he wanted to fund through 2016, the year...
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governor's chief council, what were they involved with, his references to port authority chairman david sampson, we need to understand how this came about. there's lots of information coming our way by people who are observing this, you ought to ask this question, check this out. the hearing tomorrow would provide an invaluable opportunity to get to the bottom of this. if he wants to clear his name, it's an opportunity for him to come in and explain exactly how this happened. >> it's clear because of what was released today, there are some political leaders, looking into grand jury charges filed. >> public assets were used for a political purpose to exact retribution to exact the mayor of fort lee to do improper things that seems to be a violation of law. pat floyd the executive director in his scathing e-mail of september 13th, said violations of state and federal law have occurred. a prosecutor ought to look at these allegations and they ought to decide whether a law has been broken. >> federal prosecutor, state prosecutor? >> we have to question whether there will be an opportunity to get a
governor's chief council, what were they involved with, his references to port authority chairman david sampson, we need to understand how this came about. there's lots of information coming our way by people who are observing this, you ought to ask this question, check this out. the hearing tomorrow would provide an invaluable opportunity to get to the bottom of this. if he wants to clear his name, it's an opportunity for him to come in and explain exactly how this happened. >> it's...
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when questioned about these things and wrote an email to the a chris christie staffer saying: >> now, sampson, again from new jersey, he is the chairman of the port authority. this is saying even the chairman of the port authority may have been involved. >> he was put there, nominated by chris christie. so there's a close tie there. when i attended these monthly board meetings in october, november, december, when there were commissioners there, including six from new jersey, trying to seek answers for the traffic chaos going on, you have to convince me that none of the individuals, because there's 12 commissioners, six from jersey and new york. were picked by chris christie. none of these people picked up a phone. i don't understand why he says he didn't know this was going on. it doesn't make sense. >> there's a class action lawsuit. let's listen to some of the people complaining. >> it was fright nipping, causing craziness. i started to get very, very anxious, and it just escalated to the point where i had a panic attack. >> if he was really unaware of this. it strains ceduality. >> people
when questioned about these things and wrote an email to the a chris christie staffer saying: >> now, sampson, again from new jersey, he is the chairman of the port authority. this is saying even the chairman of the port authority may have been involved. >> he was put there, nominated by chris christie. so there's a close tie there. when i attended these monthly board meetings in october, november, december, when there were commissioners there, including six from new jersey, trying...
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. >> david sampson has emerged as a key figure in this. and sampson, we've talked about on the show. he's very well respected. he's part of the new jersey establishment. it does seem, though, that there's just almost an inherent conflict in him being at this law firm that's politically connected while sharing the port authority. forget whether the guy is an angel or a devil. he's in a position that is almost the abuse of power and conflict of interest seems baked into it. >> it really came out in that story that your colleague steve kornacki reported. you have a former law colleague of david sampson who now works for the chris christie administration recommending hoboken goes for this money. the port authority approves it. suddenly emerges as the best developer for this ad. >> let's look at this google map. this has gotten lost in the story. the prologue. the tweet link version of this. unless you approve this development of the rockefeller group, the money won't start coming. but let's remember, the whole thing started with the port autho
. >> david sampson has emerged as a key figure in this. and sampson, we've talked about on the show. he's very well respected. he's part of the new jersey establishment. it does seem, though, that there's just almost an inherent conflict in him being at this law firm that's politically connected while sharing the port authority. forget whether the guy is an angel or a devil. he's in a position that is almost the abuse of power and conflict of interest seems baked into it. >> it...
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number one on the list is david sampson. david sampson headed up chris christ christie's transition team when he first became governor of new jersey. here he is last june. the other two in the picture are david wildstein, who orchestrated the shutdown of the bridge. also bill baroni who lied to the state assembly about it and told them it was for a traffic study. both of those men have already resigned because of the scandal. david sampson has not and says he will. he's head of the port authority, chairman. he is christie's top political apet pointee. we've reported on this show about how some of david sampson's behavior surrounding the shutdown remains unexplained and odd. the most odd is his public behavior concerning this traffic disaster, which we now know was man-made and engineered for political purposes, the contrast between his behavior surrounding that shutdown and a similar traffic disaster that happened on another bridge back in 2011 on easter sunday. that traffic jam was also caused by the port authority by a sho
number one on the list is david sampson. david sampson headed up chris christ christie's transition team when he first became governor of new jersey. here he is last june. the other two in the picture are david wildstein, who orchestrated the shutdown of the bridge. also bill baroni who lied to the state assembly about it and told them it was for a traffic study. both of those men have already resigned because of the scandal. david sampson has not and says he will. he's head of the port...
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i asked general sampson about that yesterday. he said he has absolutely no idea what they are referring to. the only communication that he had at that time was his concern that he expressed to fellow commissioners about internal port authority documents being leaked. and that's just not appropriate for folks to be leaking internal documents. but he has no recollection from what he told me yesterday of any conversation like that with wild's team or baroni at all that references the gist of what you said in the email. >> no internal pay bach -- payback operation going on -- >> certainly not that i'm aware of or not out of the normal. let's remember something, too. this is a bistate agency with significant tension. all the time. now, there's no tension between governor cuomo and i. we get along quite well. when issues rise to our level we have always been able to resolve them. but there is tension. always has been between new york and new jersey on the allocation of resources at the port authority. so let me be clear, there's some b
i asked general sampson about that yesterday. he said he has absolutely no idea what they are referring to. the only communication that he had at that time was his concern that he expressed to fellow commissioners about internal port authority documents being leaked. and that's just not appropriate for folks to be leaking internal documents. but he has no recollection from what he told me yesterday of any conversation like that with wild's team or baroni at all that references the gist of what...
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sampson, general sampson. again, i am confident that he had no knowledge of this. >> last week, chris christie issued a sweeping defense of this man, david sampson, one of several people implicated in the first batch of e-mails who has managed to escape the axe. david sampson is not a formerly anonymous political operative like david weinstein or bridget kelly. he is a pillar of new jersey politics. >> the question of the hour is, is david sampson at some point going to be subpoenaed by this committee and what i'm hearing is that there is an enormous amount of pressure to not have him subpoena david sampson, because of his role in new jersey politics? >> he has one of the thickest resumes in the state. it calls him the second most influential man in new jersey politics. he has worked under four governors, democrats and republicans, serving as everything from general counsel to the new jersey turnpike authority to attorney general of new jersey, 2002, under democrat, jim mcgreevey. he runs one of the most power
sampson, general sampson. again, i am confident that he had no knowledge of this. >> last week, chris christie issued a sweeping defense of this man, david sampson, one of several people implicated in the first batch of e-mails who has managed to escape the axe. david sampson is not a formerly anonymous political operative like david weinstein or bridget kelly. he is a pillar of new jersey politics. >> the question of the hour is, is david sampson at some point going to be...
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now the commissioners from new jersey, sampson, bagger, pacino, shuber and steiner, three of them were put there by the governor. >> three of the commission? >> right. they were nominated by the governor. they must know him. they didn't pick up phone and say we have a problem here. we have elected officials inquiring about this alleged traffic study. i find it hard that they wouldn't call. one, wouldn't call and tell his office that these people are here inquiring. i just don't understand it. >> now, let me ask you, sal rizzo, you mentioned stepien, and how he was the whiz behind the campaign. tell me about him. and in your opinion, could he have ordered this? >> i don't know whether he ordered it. that remains to be seen. and i think the investigation continues -- >> did he have the clout? >> sure. anyone could have ordered it that is mentioned in these e-mails or the people that you just showed on screen. but it's hard to tell with what we know right now. but yes, he was a strict enforcer for the governor on the campaign trail. and, you know, just in the political, you know, retail g
now the commissioners from new jersey, sampson, bagger, pacino, shuber and steiner, three of them were put there by the governor. >> three of the commission? >> right. they were nominated by the governor. they must know him. they didn't pick up phone and say we have a problem here. we have elected officials inquiring about this alleged traffic study. i find it hard that they wouldn't call. one, wouldn't call and tell his office that these people are here inquiring. i just don't...
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sampson. he was one of the nine people who received patrick foye's outraged e-mail about what was happening at the george washington bridge that included foye's order to stop the lane closures immediately. sampson now claims that that e-mail was the very first time he learned at the george washington bridge. here is the chairman of the port authority saying that he had absolutely no idea there were lane closings at the most important bridge in the world until he read an e-mail at the end of the week about those lane closures, and objecting to what was happening and saying the lane closures violate federal laws and the laws of both states. now, what was david sampson's reply to this e-mail? he's chairman of the port authority. did he immediately write, hey, thanks for heads-up, pat? thanks for saving us from this potentially dangerous problem, both dangerous to public safety and legally dangerous? no. that's not what he said. david sampson wrote an e-mail to a port authority vice chairman, scot
sampson. he was one of the nine people who received patrick foye's outraged e-mail about what was happening at the george washington bridge that included foye's order to stop the lane closures immediately. sampson now claims that that e-mail was the very first time he learned at the george washington bridge. here is the chairman of the port authority saying that he had absolutely no idea there were lane closings at the most important bridge in the world until he read an e-mail at the end of the...
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sampson's top aide at the port authority, phillippe danielles. also the top community affairs person who we know was told in advance about the shutdown. she was told about it the friday before the shutdown happened. and she fielded calls and messages about what a disaster the shutdown was, once it was underway. and also interestingly, i'm not sure anybody saw this coming, but paul nunzado is a police official. he had told the official that they had nothing to give them when they subpoenaed him the first time around, but he did tell the press, incorrectly, that there had been no ambulance delays caused by the shutdown when it happened. now he's getting a second subpoena. those people were all people from the port authority that got subpoenas last night or today. now, that's the port authority. in chris christie's office, his office of governor, other than bridgette kelly, we've seen subpoenas to her boss, chris christie's chief of staff, kevin o'dowd, chris christie's nominee to be the next chief of staff or new jersey. and regena egea. and his ch
sampson's top aide at the port authority, phillippe danielles. also the top community affairs person who we know was told in advance about the shutdown. she was told about it the friday before the shutdown happened. and she fielded calls and messages about what a disaster the shutdown was, once it was underway. and also interestingly, i'm not sure anybody saw this coming, but paul nunzado is a police official. he had told the official that they had nothing to give them when they subpoenaed him...
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and to me another key player here that has been not discussed enough is david sampson who is a very close friend of the governor's and a lawyer in new jersey of considerable note who is very much involved in the port authority and who hired one of the premiere lawyers who knows about junew jersey who is federal judge who advised about the port authority. as richard knows there will be a lot of lawyers involved here and the great defense attorney here in washington would say you don't just represent your client, you represent the situation. there is a heck of a situation developing here where a lot of lawyers are going to be involved. it is like a whole split screen story. >> let's take a look at other matters in hoboken. look at this from the cuhuffing the easiest criminal issue is a conspiracy. not inovern shutting down roadways. i throw in the hoboken case where you have the fellow you mentioned david sampson, lawyer for the rockefeller group. they have all of that information right now. they have the woman's, the mayor of hoboken's diary entry saying i am being squeezed by the lieutena
and to me another key player here that has been not discussed enough is david sampson who is a very close friend of the governor's and a lawyer in new jersey of considerable note who is very much involved in the port authority and who hired one of the premiere lawyers who knows about junew jersey who is federal judge who advised about the port authority. as richard knows there will be a lot of lawyers involved here and the great defense attorney here in washington would say you don't just...
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>> well, i think david sampson owes us an explanation. and based upon his explanation, then i would make the next decision, but certainly i appeared before three full port authority commission meetings. they sat back, all of these men, sat -- they happened to be all male commissioners, pardon me for a moment of chauvinism. they sat back, looked at me like they were interested. i actually never heard their voices, except to say the meeting is open and the meeting is now closed. >> they never thought you could penetrate the christie wall. >> well, they didn't know me very well. >> senator greenwald, will you be issuing subpoenas to bridget anne kelly and any others this week? >> we will be issues further subpoenas. the timing and the dates of those and the order by which they will go out will be directed by our council reid schar. bridget kelly is clearly, as is mr. stepien people of interest that we will pursue and was would be happy to have them come before the committee and share their insight. >> do you expect the subpoenas will work th
>> well, i think david sampson owes us an explanation. and based upon his explanation, then i would make the next decision, but certainly i appeared before three full port authority commission meetings. they sat back, all of these men, sat -- they happened to be all male commissioners, pardon me for a moment of chauvinism. they sat back, looked at me like they were interested. i actually never heard their voices, except to say the meeting is open and the meeting is now closed. >>...
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they will get to sampson, others and christie eventually. that could take months. christie has to set up a system to deal wit while he tries to be governor. >> that's the problem for christie. forget 2016. he has to get through this term as governor and not be in jail frankly. my buddy jeff smith who knows about this wrote a great piece for politico titled "yes, the feds are out to get you, take it from me, i ended up in the clink." they brought down al capone for income tax evasion, not bribery, bootlegging or murder. this may be a bridge to other administration misconduct. this is the problem. investigators are pulling the threads and this isn't something that will go away soon. >> nothing is ever simple in new jersey. paul fishman has been in the u.s. attorney's office there for 20 years. he knows a lot of back stories, a lot of the history of these people. the burden is really going to be on him. additionally, with i don't know what level of cooperation with reid schaar, now a former u.s. attorney who bagged rod blagojevich in chicago, who will be handling thin
they will get to sampson, others and christie eventually. that could take months. christie has to set up a system to deal wit while he tries to be governor. >> that's the problem for christie. forget 2016. he has to get through this term as governor and not be in jail frankly. my buddy jeff smith who knows about this wrote a great piece for politico titled "yes, the feds are out to get you, take it from me, i ended up in the clink." they brought down al capone for income tax...
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sampson as in david sampson, christie's top port authority appoint appointee, close adviser and man whose name pops up numerous time in the fort lee traffic scandal e-mails. less than one week after zimmer wrote asking for more money and the city voted against the rockefeller development deal, zimmer met with lieutenant governor at a local grocery store. revealing zimmer's account of that meeting this past weekend. >> zimmer told us guadano delivered a message to her. if want that sandy money you need to get that rockefeller project meev ioving, because it very important to the governor. >> reporter: zimmer documented the incident in this journal writing that guadano said to her, i don't know all the details but with with the governor friday night. the imsuppression you are against this project and you have to move it forward. >> the fact is that the lieutenant governor came to hoboken, she pulled me aside in the parking lot and she said, i know it's not right. i know this thing should not be connected but they are, and if you tell anyone i'll deny. >> it and the lieutenant governor wasn'
sampson as in david sampson, christie's top port authority appoint appointee, close adviser and man whose name pops up numerous time in the fort lee traffic scandal e-mails. less than one week after zimmer wrote asking for more money and the city voted against the rockefeller development deal, zimmer met with lieutenant governor at a local grocery store. revealing zimmer's account of that meeting this past weekend. >> zimmer told us guadano delivered a message to her. if want that sandy...
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his name is david sampson. and has david wildstein gets cut loose, as he gets his lifeline hacked off the mother ship and he drifts into space, to not just be blamed for what happened here but to be potentially bankrupted by this disaster that he had this role in, and as bill baroni twists at the end of his line, not knowing whether he's going to get cut off too but it looks like he's might, he's already been blamed, is he also going to be bankrupted and ruined too? as those guys see their lives destroyed, as those guys not only get blamed for this scandal but potentially destroyed by it, chris christie's other top guy at the agency, his top appointee at the agency, he's apparently still fine. still has his job. he's still running the port authority of new york and new jersey. and its budget that's bigger than nine u.s. states and its 7,000 employees who get paid apparently an average of well into the six figures. david samson is still in charge, but apparently he is worried. over the weekend he hired former ho
his name is david sampson. and has david wildstein gets cut loose, as he gets his lifeline hacked off the mother ship and he drifts into space, to not just be blamed for what happened here but to be potentially bankrupted by this disaster that he had this role in, and as bill baroni twists at the end of his line, not knowing whether he's going to get cut off too but it looks like he's might, he's already been blamed, is he also going to be bankrupted and ruined too? as those guys see their...
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was there pressure not to subpoena david sampson? >> i received no pressure on david sampson one way or another, but he's an individual we need to look at. clearly, the response that's in the e-mails, that he was going to help retaliate, that pat foye, the executive director's playing in traffic. if this was a regular traffic study and somebody stopped it by mistake, i don't think you have that kind of response. it was an angry response. >> in the e-mails, whether he knew or not, he was fighting along with them. >> yes. >> i want to bring in michael powell who's been covering this closely. michael, i'm going to direct this to you because i understand why you won't be commenting on things that have not been disclosed. politicker nj have acquired a list of named that are the subject of subpoena. talk about kevin o'dowd's role. >> he is the chief of staff. right? he's also the man who is about to become, by the way, the next attorney general, seemingly, until his name was pulled back. i mean, this is a powerful man within this. and pull
was there pressure not to subpoena david sampson? >> i received no pressure on david sampson one way or another, but he's an individual we need to look at. clearly, the response that's in the e-mails, that he was going to help retaliate, that pat foye, the executive director's playing in traffic. if this was a regular traffic study and somebody stopped it by mistake, i don't think you have that kind of response. it was an angry response. >> in the e-mails, whether he knew or not, he...
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lucky fan in texas doesn't have to worry about ponying up the money for the game. 15-year-old tyler sampson won three tickets after being selected a winner in the nfl together we make football contest. tyler shared his story playing football despite being born without much of his right arm. he was presented the tickets by the dallas cowboys' demarcus ware at a pep rally at school. what do you think about the extra point? do you like it? you want to keep it? >> i like it. i like the two-point thing, where if you lose it you lose it or you get an extra point, i like that. i'm voting for that one. >> i'm compelled to agree with her for a variety of reasons, andy. >> no, actually, i think it's a really interesting -- it would really speed the games up, and i love the idea of losing the point if you don't get the two-point conversion. >> it's a wager. >> i say go for it. >> i like the change. >> and i think the price of super bowl tickets is warranted when you look at the beautiful swamps of jersey where this is happening. i mean, you've got to pay for that kind of a zip code, right? >> she can
lucky fan in texas doesn't have to worry about ponying up the money for the game. 15-year-old tyler sampson won three tickets after being selected a winner in the nfl together we make football contest. tyler shared his story playing football despite being born without much of his right arm. he was presented the tickets by the dallas cowboys' demarcus ware at a pep rally at school. what do you think about the extra point? do you like it? you want to keep it? >> i like it. i like the...
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many of the names we've talked about on the show before, regena, bridgette kelly, david sampson, chairman of port authority, close adviser to the governor, and then there's christie himself. last night i asked the man who is sending the
many of the names we've talked about on the show before, regena, bridgette kelly, david sampson, chairman of port authority, close adviser to the governor, and then there's christie himself. last night i asked the man who is sending the
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sampson, general sampson. and again, i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this based upon our conversations and his review of his information. so i think, you know, as he said yesterday, he's angered by this and upset about it and i know that he's going to lead, cooperate with the oig investigation that's ongoing and lead a discussion at the port authority about what could be done in the future to stop such conduct. charlie. charlie. >> you mentioned earlier that, question you were asking, the question is, what did i do to have those folks lie to me but what are you asking the question, what did i say or how did i conduct myself to cause them to behave in a way that would have led these folks to think it was okay to hatch up such a scheme as this? [inaudible] suspicion has been that you fostered a culture through your administration or the campaign that allowed people to think it was okay to intimidate or retaliate against people. >> no, charlie, i haven't because i know who i am. i'm not that person. lis
sampson, general sampson. and again, i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this based upon our conversations and his review of his information. so i think, you know, as he said yesterday, he's angered by this and upset about it and i know that he's going to lead, cooperate with the oig investigation that's ongoing and lead a discussion at the port authority about what could be done in the future to stop such conduct. charlie. charlie. >> you mentioned earlier that, question you were...
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david sampson, distinguished former state attorney general, the chairman of the port authority, their names are now -- they're in e-mails. and you don't want that at this point in this investigation or this scandal. but they're not in e-mails in any way that necessarily prove that they did anything improper yet. we'll see where it goes. >> but does it raise your curiosity, though, considering that some of these people are rather high up in his inner circle? does it raise the question more in your head that he could have known more than he said? >> absolutely. it raises a lot of questions. it raises questions whether these individuals i just named knew that the traffic study was more or less bogus. it raises the question of whether the governor knew. it raises the question of whether some pretty high-up people in his campaign who have not yet been mentioned publicly in this also may have known. bill steppian was the campaign manager. two or three other people who were very high up in that campaign, we're waiting to see if they knew. >> as you said earlier, this is under investigation.
david sampson, distinguished former state attorney general, the chairman of the port authority, their names are now -- they're in e-mails. and you don't want that at this point in this investigation or this scandal. but they're not in e-mails in any way that necessarily prove that they did anything improper yet. we'll see where it goes. >> but does it raise your curiosity, though, considering that some of these people are rather high up in his inner circle? does it raise the question more...
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he e-mailed the vice chairman of the port authority david sampson's complaint was that the executive director of the port authority talked about it. pat foy is the leak, stirring up trouble in this case, he's playing in traffic, made a big mistake. in the earlier bridge backup, david samson's mad at the executive director because of the backup, and he says so. in the more recent one, the ft. lee one, there's nothing said publicly, the only thing david samson is mad about this time is that he's talking to the press about it. he's playing in traffic, he's the leak, stirring up trouble. he's made a big mistake. that's when some of the first press about the ft. lee disaster came out. during the ft. lee disaster itself, during the shutdown itself. when that executive director intervened to ungridlock ft. lee, david samson turns up again. ft. lee got back all three lanes this morning, we are appropriately going nuts. david samson is helping us to retaliate so says david wildstein on the last day of the shutdown. it was only after that document came out that david samson made his first publ
he e-mailed the vice chairman of the port authority david sampson's complaint was that the executive director of the port authority talked about it. pat foy is the leak, stirring up trouble in this case, he's playing in traffic, made a big mistake. in the earlier bridge backup, david samson's mad at the executive director because of the backup, and he says so. in the more recent one, the ft. lee one, there's nothing said publicly, the only thing david samson is mad about this time is that he's...
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get very close with your campaign manager and two highest appoint ees on the port authority, david sampson, chairman of the port authority that christie appointed, all of these people knew and orchestrated and took part in the cover-up of bridge gate. and yeah, unbeknownst to the governor this was not going on and i find that strains kred you'llty to say the least. it leaves no skin till la of doubt in anyone's minds. >> you're saying you do not believe what chris christie has spent two hours telling the american people? >> i haven't heard what he said. i didn't listen to it. what i will tell you is that i don't see chris christie as a victim and that all of these -- the people around him, his people in -- first he said that let's look at the lies told already. initially they said this traffic stop which was due to a traffic study, we know that's a phantom traffic study and that was a lie. two of mr. christie's appointees held that up as the reason. then the governor was asked and said none -- he had asked his closest appointees whether whether or not they had knowledge or involved in the
get very close with your campaign manager and two highest appoint ees on the port authority, david sampson, chairman of the port authority that christie appointed, all of these people knew and orchestrated and took part in the cover-up of bridge gate. and yeah, unbeknownst to the governor this was not going on and i find that strains kred you'llty to say the least. it leaves no skin till la of doubt in anyone's minds. >> you're saying you do not believe what chris christie has spent two...
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. >> and that document refers to a meeting with port authority chairman david sampson, does it not? >> on the advice of council, i assert my right to remain silent. >> and that also refers to a meeting with the governor of the same date? >> mr. chairman, on the advice of council, i assert my right to remain silent. >> okay. for the edification of the committee and i want to ask council if it's your client's intention to assert that right on every single question? >> yes, sir. >> so i just want to be clear so that any question that i may ask or that any of the members of this committee may ask, it is your intention or your advice to your client to assert the right to not answer the question based on the fifth amendment? >> i anticipate that to be so in every instance. >> okay. i don't want to belabor the point, but i want to go through a couple documents and just see where we stand on that issue. >> i understand fully. >> okay. am i correct in understanding that with regard to anything on page 751 you are not answering on the basis of your right under the fifth amendment? >> yes. >>
. >> and that document refers to a meeting with port authority chairman david sampson, does it not? >> on the advice of council, i assert my right to remain silent. >> and that also refers to a meeting with the governor of the same date? >> mr. chairman, on the advice of council, i assert my right to remain silent. >> okay. for the edification of the committee and i want to ask council if it's your client's intention to assert that right on every single question?...
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keet is, the next line he used, after he gets sauced,cy have asked david sampson to look into whether that should be reduced. and what david while steen has told us through the records that have come out, he strongly suggested there was a meeting between governor christie and port authority -- >> related that question. >> directly related to the closure of the lanes one week before the e-mail was sent out. so you have chris christie giving a bogus reason why they don't need the access lanes. and david strongly hinting that chris christie and sampson met a week before that e-mail went out. >> tomorrow chris christie will give the state of the state. at 3:00. what will he do? can't do the two hour drop before the press conference, right? >> we imagine he today rewrite the speech. i think his biggest challenge right now in tomorrow's state of state address is that he has to probably, you know, appeal to his national audience, right? if he is going to be taking on his role in the rga, going across the country, i think he has to show republican donors that he, you know, look folks, i took
keet is, the next line he used, after he gets sauced,cy have asked david sampson to look into whether that should be reduced. and what david while steen has told us through the records that have come out, he strongly suggested there was a meeting between governor christie and port authority -- >> related that question. >> directly related to the closure of the lanes one week before the e-mail was sent out. so you have chris christie giving a bogus reason why they don't need the...
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sampson, general sampson, and, again, i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this based upon our conversations. and his review of his information. so i think, you know, as he said yesterday, he's angered by this and upset about it. and i know that he's going to lead -- cooperate with the oig investigation that's on going and lead a discussion about the port authority about what can be done at the future to stop such conduct. charlie? charlie. >> you mentioned earlier that the question you were asking in reflection is what did i do wrong to have these folks looi to me. are you also asking the question, what did i say or how did i conduct myself in office to lead them in a way that would let these folks think it was okay to carry out such a scheme like this? the criticism, suspicions has been that you fostered a culture through your administration or your campaign that allowed people to think it was okay to intimidate or retaliate against people. >> no, charlie, listen, i haven't because i know who i am. i'm not that person. and listen, it's easy for people to be characterized in public life bas
sampson, general sampson, and, again, i'm confident that he had no knowledge of this based upon our conversations. and his review of his information. so i think, you know, as he said yesterday, he's angered by this and upset about it. and i know that he's going to lead -- cooperate with the oig investigation that's on going and lead a discussion about the port authority about what can be done at the future to stop such conduct. charlie? charlie. >> you mentioned earlier that the question...
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the new jersey representative on the board, david sampson, instead of chewing his people out for this really fake blockage of the road, he chewed out foye for releasing this to the press. well, when you cover up things to the press that sounds like a cover-up to me. he talked about leaks. you know, that's what the plumbers were for in watergate. we the public, we who pay $13 to cross that bridge, you know, really deserve to know. >> certainly so. let me bring kelly back in before we end this. we've got new polling out and it also telling an interesting story, kelly, how this is playing nationally. how it's playing in new jersey, as well as what people think. one of the questions, when did chris christie learn that his staff was involved? 33% believe after the e-mails became public. 52% of his polls say before the e-mails. another question, do you believe it was done in retaliation? 64% believe it was political retaliation here, kelly. >> one of the great challenges politically for the governor, tamron, is personal credibility. without that, it's hard to be effective in office. he's go
the new jersey representative on the board, david sampson, instead of chewing his people out for this really fake blockage of the road, he chewed out foye for releasing this to the press. well, when you cover up things to the press that sounds like a cover-up to me. he talked about leaks. you know, that's what the plumbers were for in watergate. we the public, we who pay $13 to cross that bridge, you know, really deserve to know. >> certainly so. let me bring kelly back in before we end...
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he's the sampson of the slopes, right? i think with the winter olympics especially, since it's usually in a beautiful place, the games themselves are the star. i know that nbc and the supporters of the games are always going to want to fall back on that. they've already invested so many resources in pro foeting lindsay von. it's hard to pull up and say let's focus on this other oh limp january. we don't have too many show-ins for a gold medal. it becomes strangely mesmerizing, you know? >> all the stuff you learn about ice skating. that was a lutz. >> two guys in bars arguing. you know, he hit it, he hit it, no he didn't. >> isn't the whole thing that stars are born out of the olympics and the personal stories? >> yes. >> that's what we find ourselves moved by, you know? >> it has been nbc. they're great at telling the personal story. they've actually gotten better at it. i remember 12 years ago, everything was a triumph over adversity. going into the olympics, let's look at the summer games. she became one of the biggest
he's the sampson of the slopes, right? i think with the winter olympics especially, since it's usually in a beautiful place, the games themselves are the star. i know that nbc and the supporters of the games are always going to want to fall back on that. they've already invested so many resources in pro foeting lindsay von. it's hard to pull up and say let's focus on this other oh limp january. we don't have too many show-ins for a gold medal. it becomes strangely mesmerizing, you know?...